Checksum via FTP???

[Roger Eller]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:28 PM, J. Landman Gay  wrote:

> On 9/9/11 6:08 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
>
>  Could I also do something like this:   (I probably should try it)
>>
>> get URLencode(md5digest(URL ("ftp://user:pass@"&   pFilePath)))   ?
>>
>
> I get it now. I tried FTP file retrieval a while back and had variable
> luck, I think it depends on how your server is set up. The details have
> faded now, but I think I was able to retrieve files by FTP as long as they
> weren't in the web directory. If you can put your file outside of
> public_html on the server it might work.
>
>
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> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>


I am pleased as punch to report that THIS DOES WORK with an FTP path.  It
sure beats having to compute and store the md5digest in a separate file for
each downloadable file on the server.  Thanks for the suggestions.

get URLencode(md5digest(URL ("ftp://user:pass@" & pFilePath)))

˜Roger